aCknoWledgementS
i thank the people who helped produce this book, as well as many who helped me to understand the built environment and to make architecture, and also those who gave me both, encouragement and friendship. Many have deeply influenced my thinking and career. Some are no longer in my life but i remember them often and owe them much. My late father, Mc Shah, nourished a dream to become an architect. And much, much else besides. Professor roy Landau taught me in the history and theory program at the AA Graduate School in London. roy, Micha Bandini and Sibel Bozdogan developed the concept of positional analysis in 1979 to explain why an architect always makes buildings in a certain way. i helped Professor John Burton Page on my return to india with a book about the medieval architecture of Ahmedabad, and learnt from him the importance of a glossary. conversations with Professor Anant raje, a former teacher, from 2004 until his death in 2011, were of great significance for me. the late Dr ZA Desai demonstrated the importance of epigraphy while i was studying architecture. Professor MN Vora taught me to run a practice successfully. Memorable teachers at the cePt University in Ahmedabad include Piraji Sagara; the late Kurual Verkey; KB Jain; rJ Vasavada and Krishna Shahstri. Most important was Professor BV Doshi who was my thesis guide in 1979. Doshi introduced me to Joseph Allen Stein with whom i served my practical training after third year. i am grateful to Professor AK Jain for sound advice on running the practice; also our chartered accountant, chandreshbhai Shah, who taught me to be honest with statutory bodies and thus to sleep well. his colleagues, Pragneshbhai Dharia and harsh Kejriwal, now also help us to perform the regular accounting rituals. i add my thanks to Suketu Shah; Shripal Shah; Prakash Dalal and Mukesh Ahuja. in the early years, Uday Parikh helped ensure sound management practices. i record my gratitude to all my colleagues and single out Kamlesh Kavade, with us since our inception, and Mahesh raval, Bharat Gajjar and Aarti Makwana, also many others who are acknowledged in the end pages. i also wish to acknowledge Ashok Prajapati; Naval Dave; Dhara Paregi and Jitubhai rawal, who have worked with us in the past.
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